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Drenagem e manejo sustentável de águas pluviais urbanas: O que falta para o Brasil adotar?

Mendes, Alesi Teixeira; dos Santos, Gesmar Rosa - 2022

on Sanitation (rainwater drainage, sewage, drinking water, and solid waste) - and the Sistema Integrado de Planejamento e …

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Every drop counts: Assessing aid for water and sanitation

Anand, P.B. - 2013

Water and sanitation sectors have been the 'natural' subjects of aid for several decades. However, these sectors also … complexity in assessing impact and effectiveness of aid in water and sanitation sector. Notwithstanding this complexity, the … magnitude of aid to water supply and sanitation activities has increased significantly, it is not easy to connect aid with …

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Validating a scale for innovation in sustainable water management in the manufacturing sector: A Slovenian study

Moretti, Melita - In: Naše gospodarstvo / Our Economy 69 (2023) 4, pp. 12-25

Based on the results of our research, we have developed a reliable and valid scale for assessing the innovation success of sustainable development practices, with a specific focus on reducing drinking water consumption in the production sector, where so-called industrial water is used (for...

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Democracia e desenvolvimento no Brasil contemporâneo: Conflitos e articulação de interesses no projeto São Francisco

Loureiro, Maria Rita; Teixeira, Marco Antonio C.; … - 2013

This paper examines the institutional arrangements that organize the arenas of formulation and implementation of development policies in Brazil, asking if such policies are setting up more democratic decision-making processes with the inclusion of a larger number of actors and at the same time...

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Saneamento rural no Brasil: A universalização é possível?

de Castro, César Nunes; Cerezini, Monise Terra - 2023

that influence the quality of life and health of a population. In recent decades, access to basic sanitation services has … from ideal. The Federal Constitution of 1988 includes basic sanitation as a right of the Brazilian population. Currently …, 2023, the universalization of access to basic sanitation services is still far from reality. The distance from this …

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Financiamento do saneamento básico no Brasil: A opção debêntures incentivadas

dos Santos, Gesmar Rosa; Mendes, Alesi Teixeira - 2024

This article's main objective is to present an overview of the financing of public basic sanitation services in Brazil … sector, in addition to the focus on drinking water and sanitation. The importance of debentures in the current set of … financing sources for sanitation in Brazil is highlighted, even though the granting of incentives is recent in the country …

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Environmental federalism: a proposal of decentralization

García-Valiñas, María A. - 2004

In a context in which environmental protection have become in an important issue, the paper analyses which would be the optimal division of environmental policymaking functions among the different government levels. From the point of view of the fiscal federalism theory, we will design the most...

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Eco-correlation in acidification scenarios

Wolfgang, Ove - 2001

The bulk of acid depositions, which have harmful effects on the environment, are caused by foreign emissions in many European countries. Therefore, if some countries emit more acids, one cannot be sure that countries that emit less will benefit from reduced acid depositions. However, numerical...

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Cost-effective abatement of ground-level ozone in cities and for larger regions: Implications of non-monotonicity

Wolfgang, Ove - 2001

Ground-level ozone concentrations have adverse effects e.g. on human health and crops. Ozone is not emitted, but atmospheric reactions involving nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) cause its formation. However, functions that relate precursor emissions to ozone...

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Decentralization and Environment: An Application to Water Policies

Garcia-Valiñas, Maria Angeles - 2005

By means of a two-jurisdictional model, this paper analyses the optimal division of environmental policymaking functions among the different government levels, identifying the most appropriate level of decentralization in each case. The paper focuses on water resources policies, with an...

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